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JSON syntax highlighting in ScintillaNET

I am studying the excellent ScintillaNET code editing component, to enable basic JSON editing in a .NET application.

Inspired by the C# code highlighting example, here’s the code snippet to enable basic JSON syntax highlighting

// Configure the JSON lexer styles
scintilla.Styles[Style.Json.Default].ForeColor = Color.Silver;
scintilla.Styles[Style.Json.BlockComment].ForeColor = Color.FromArgb(0, 128, 0); // Green
scintilla.Styles[Style.Json.LineComment].ForeColor = Color.FromArgb(0, 128, 0); // Green
scintilla.Styles[Style.Json.Number].ForeColor = Color.Olive;
scintilla.Styles[Style.Json.PropertyName].ForeColor = Color.Blue;
scintilla.Styles[Style.Json.String].ForeColor = Color.FromArgb(163, 21, 21); // Red
scintilla.Styles[Style.Json.StringEol].BackColor = Color.Pink;
scintilla.Styles[Style.Json.Operator].ForeColor = Color.Purple;
scintilla.Lexer = Lexer.Json;